Bell & Ross BR-03-92-S Military Type "G.I. Joe" Luxury Watch Review

http://www.thewatchbox.com Bell & Ross has defined the 21st look of the aviation watch. Instrument series models like this BR-03-92-S, often known as the "G.I. Joe," have created a cult following for the Paris-based, Swiss-manufactured watch brand. Bell & Ross had been in business for over a decade when it launched the Instrument Series watches at Baselworld in 2005, but that moment is the one that has written the course of the company's subsequent history. With a look pulled straight from the flight deck of vintage aircraft, the Instrument watches broke with the generic (and often stale) "tool watch" forms that had been circulating in the luxury watch sector for decades. Each Bell & Ross BR-03-92-S features the now classic "gauge on the wrist" style that set enthusiast hearts aflutter and launched the brand into the limelight. Of course, the BR-03-92-S features a few notable distinctions from even the charismatic mainstream of the Instrument line. This "Military-Type" style emphasizes its PVD black stainless steel case, camouflage green dial, and the matching nylon strap. All features are subdued and utilitarian in the fashion of a 60's UH-1 "Huey" (Ok, Iroquois), F-4 Phantom II, or a 1980s F-14 Tomcat. Granted, some artistic license is a given, but it's all in good taste and good fun. Also a versatile sports watch, the BR-03-92-S enjoys 10ATM (330 feet) of water resistance. Inside the flat and ergonomically sound case is an automatic-winding ETA caliber 2892-A2 - one o